While all funding is welcome, regional airports across Australia are going to need more than the matched grants funding announced today through the Regional Airport Program as they recover from the COVID crisis. The reality is that regional airports around the country have been hit hard by coronavirus. With many regional airports being council-owned, they

E&OE TRANSCRIPTDOORSTOP INTERVIEWPARLIAMENT HOUSEWEDNESDAY, 10 JULY 2020 SUBJECTS: Virgin Australia; Dnata workers; Aviation sector; state borders. CATHERINE KING, SHADOW MINISTER INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Thanks everybody for coming out this afternoon. I want to respond to some reports in the media today and in fact a letter that now has been leaked that the

E&OE TRANSCRIPTDOORSTOP INTERVIEWPARLIAMENT HOUSEWEDNESDAY, 10 JULY 2020 SUBJECTS: Dnata workers; JobKeeper shortfalls; Aviation sector. MICHAEL KAINE, TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION: We’re in Canberra today with workers from the Dnata group, Cabin Services Australia and supporters to say to the Federal Government, the time has come to put fairness back into this JobKeeper scheme. As you’re recalibrating

VIRGIN ADMINISTRATORS CALL FOR URGENT HELP  Virgin Australia’s independent administrators have called on the Morrison Government to immediately indicate its ongoing commitment to supporting Australia’s aviation sector. In a letter sent to the Prime Minister and senior ministers yesterday, the independent administrators made clear that unless the Morrison Government provides support, the ability of the

With their agreement to underwrite Australia’s domestic aviation network due to expire next week, the Morrison Government must move quickly to ensure essential flights continue. As restrictions ease across the country and the numbers of flights increases it is likely that while flights between major metropolitan centres may become commercially viable, those routes in lower

Aviation workers across the country are today standing up to call on the Morrison Government to support their industry as they bear the brunt of coronavirus restrictions. The airline industry was shut down almost overnight by the necessary restrictions brought in by the Commonwealth and state governments to stop the spread of COVID. But, in

E&OE TRANSCRIPTTELEVISION INTERVIEWSKY NEWS THE KENNY REPORTWEDNESDAY, 3 JUNE 2020 SUBJECTS: Recession, airline support, Virgin Australia. CHRIS KENNY, HOST: I’m joined now from the wonderful city of Ballarat by Labor’s Shadow Transport, Infrastructure and Regional Development Minister Catherine King. Thanks for joining us, Catherine. Is this the recession that no government could have avoided? CATHERINE

MORE MONEY TO REX AS GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO REFUSE VIRGIN New information reveals that at the same time that the Morrison Government continues to refuse assistance to Virgin Australia, another $13 million has been handed to Rex. This brings the total Government assistance provided to Rex to over $80 million, including $53 million in an

ANTHONY ALBANESE MPLEADER OF THE AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTYMEMBER FOR GRAYNDLER CATHERINE KING MPSHADOW MINISTER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENTMEMBER FOR BALLARAT KRISTY MCBAINLABOR CANDIDATE FOR EDEN-MONARO  DUNNS CREEK ROAD UPGRADE TO EASE CONGESTION  An Albanese Labor Government would invest $65 million to build Dunns Creek Road, easing traffic congestion for residents of Eden-Monaro. Queanbeyan is the fastest-growing regional centre in New